These 110 tracks represent a significant portion of recordings I made between early 1999 and late 2001 while living in an apartment in downtown Newburgh, Indiana.
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Initially I recorded on a Tascam quarter inch reel to reel four track and mixed down to cassette tape. About in the middle of this period, I purchased a 500 mhz PC with a four track Aardvark audio interface to mix down existing reel to reel and four track cassette tapes I had made in the previous ten years or so. This would be when this so called "archive" was born.
Although it was never my intention, I began recording directly to hard disk. It was a lot easier than messing with tape. I continued to mix down existing tapes while recording new material.
My general method for recording was as follows:
1 Enter into an altered state of consciousness and compose a part or the whole of a song.
2 Attempt to get my equipment turned on and set up properly.
3 Record one take of the new composition, often completing it on the fly.
4 Find a musical instrument or household item that could be used as such, preferably within arm's reach.
5 Listen to recently recorded recording while playing found instrument until the part resembles some semblance of an accompaniment.
6 Record accompaniment.
7 Repeat steps 4 - 6 to taste.
My equipment at the time, the best I can remember, consisted of:
Tascam 4 track reel to reel
Yamaha 12 channel sound board
Shure sm55, 58 and 57 microphones
Old Electrovoice microphone
Alvarez Kazu Yairi Acoustic guitar
1963 Fender (Regal Built) Acoustic "folk" guitar
Vintage Danelectro Electric Guitar
1963 Gibson Falcon Amplifier
Apollo Hofner-copy bass guitar
Snare drum
Bongos
500 mhz PC running Windows 98 with an Aardvark 24/96 sound card and breakout box
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